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Published 25 Aug 2022, 17:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

EDIS-22-004 Online Payment Solution for the Education Authority

Official notice

Authority: Education Authority (Education)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£3,000,000exc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 31 Jan 2023
Next notice expected 30 Sept 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The EA invites tenders for a Provision of an Online Payment Solution for Nursery, Primary, Post Primary, Special, Voluntary and Grant Integrated Maintained Schools and EA. The administrating service for this tender, on behalf of the EA, will be the EdIS Delivery Service.

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Software package and information systems · Support services of personal computers

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1CancelledPublished value£3,000,000
Extensions: with the option to extend the by a further 2 x 12 month periods.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 50%Price: 40%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (4)
  • AC1 Requirements: 35%
  • AC2 Delivery and Support of the Proposed Solution: 15%
  • AC4 Cost: 40%
  • AC3 Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
  • AC1 Requirements: 35
  • AC2 Delivery and Support of the Proposed Solution: 15
  • AC3 Social Value: 10
  • AC4 Cost: 40
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Cancelled
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
25 Aug 2022, 17:05 BST
Last source update
24 May 2023, 14:10 BST
Award evaluation window
31 Jan 2023 – …
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-014806
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportSoftware package and information systemsSupport services of personal computers
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-036314 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

see tender documents

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

The Education Authority will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before any contracts are entered into.

Publisher note: Suppliers interested in this tender must register and submit their tender through eTendersNI at the following link https:// etendersni.gov.uk/epps. If you require any further assistance please contact the eTendersNI Helpdesk on 0800 240 454 or email [email protected]

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
31 Jan 2023, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
31 Jan 2023, 15:30 GMT

Timeline

30 Sept 2022 → 24 May 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    30 Sept 2022, 00:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    31 Jan 2023, 15:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    31 Jan 2023, 15:30 GMT
  4. Notice published
    24 May 2023, 14:10 BST

Notice history

6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Dec 2022
  1. Published value published: £3,000,000
    21 Dec 2022, 11:37 GMT
  2. Status changed to active
    21 Dec 2022, 11:37 GMT
  3. Procurement method changed
    21 Dec 2022, 11:37 GMT
  4. Deadline published: 31 Jan 2023, 15:00 GMT
    21 Dec 2022, 11:37 GMT
  5. Buyer details updated
    21 Dec 2022, 11:37 GMT
  6. Status changed to cancelled
    24 May 2023, 14:10 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1

1 further award records carry no date or value.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Education Authority

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation 40 Academy Street, Belfast, UK, BT1 2NQContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • Education Authority NIContracting authorityBody governed by public lawEducation Belfast, UKContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The UK does not have a review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the Public Contracts RegulationReview body BELFAST

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria